DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoHail Corporate!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square268linkfedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1476arrow-down1imageHail Corporate!sh.itjust.worksDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square268linkfedilinkfile-text
I respect people’s right to use apple products, but please stop asserting “privacy”, big corps doesn’t give a shit.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThat’s just not how most people use words. To “call someone” usually means to actually speak to them. Leaving a voicemail doesn’t count. No matter how you spin it, a “phone” that doesn’t have the ability to make a traditional phone call is a joke.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoNah I think sms and calling are dead and not worth the effort to get working. It only exists in new phones as a legacy system.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAnd what, WhatsApp your mechanic’s landline? Or whatever government department you need to call?
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoNZ is behind in this regard but in a lot of other countries the government and services like your mechanic would be available on WhatsApp. If I really needed a phone number there is plenty of services that provide VoIP numbers that functionally work like a normal number.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoOr, I could have a functioning phone, and just dial a number.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou can no ones stopping you. I’m just saying the future is not SMS and calls and explaining why I think that.
That’s just not how most people use words. To “call someone” usually means to actually speak to them. Leaving a voicemail doesn’t count.
No matter how you spin it, a “phone” that doesn’t have the ability to make a traditional phone call is a joke.
Nah I think sms and calling are dead and not worth the effort to get working. It only exists in new phones as a legacy system.
And what, WhatsApp your mechanic’s landline? Or whatever government department you need to call?
NZ is behind in this regard but in a lot of other countries the government and services like your mechanic would be available on WhatsApp.
If I really needed a phone number there is plenty of services that provide VoIP numbers that functionally work like a normal number.
Or, I could have a functioning phone, and just dial a number.
You can no ones stopping you. I’m just saying the future is not SMS and calls and explaining why I think that.